Bud, Not Buddy (Author)

Coretta Scott · 2000 · Winner

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Coretta Scott King Book Awards	2000	Winner

About the Author

Christopher Paul CurtisAmerican

Christopher Paul Curtis (born 1953) is an American children's author renowned for historical fiction novels like The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995) and Bud, Not Buddy (1999), the latter earning him the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award in 2000—the first African-American man to win the Newbery Medal.